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Trump officials did not respond when asked to clarify whether the new position would be internal to the government, or whether Sacks would act as a “special government employee,” allowing him to continue in other private-sector roles. Sacks…

Alex Mashinsky, former CEO of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius, has pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud, which together carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.In the wake of the company’s collapse, the US Department of Justice…

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s ongoing feud already had high marks for being the most technology-fueled rap beef of all time. Dis tracks on Instagram, lyric breakdowns on podcasts, concerts livestreamed on Amazon Prime Video. This week, though,…

Michael Calore: Only 54 percent?Lauren Goode: Yeah, no, 38 percent said fair, which did surprise me.Michael Calore: That is very surprising.Zoë Schiffer: No love for their fellow employees.Lauren Goode: And then 12.6 percent, I was like,…

Michael Calore: Only 54 percent?Lauren Goode: Yeah, no, 38 percent said fair, which did surprise me.Michael Calore: That is very surprising.Zoë Schiffer: No love for their fellow employees.Lauren Goode: And then 12.6 percent, I was like,…

While the biometric-scanning Orb and the World network have their roots in crypto tokens, “crypto” wasn’t an oft-mentioned word during the event. Instead, Altman and Blania emphasized World’s blockchain service, digital asset management,…

In the “Startup-up, Scale-up” review report published last year, chancellor Rachel Reeves promised to make Britain the “high growth, start-up hub of the world”. Now, almost six months into the new government, entrepreneurs remain encouraged…

Why is Stockholm, a capital city with a population less than one million, home to global brands such as Skype, Spotify, Klarna and Minecraft? “I think it has to do with the Swedish creed,” says Ben Eliass, CEO of bodycare brand Estrid.…

Home to fine cheese, breathtaking scenery and footballing politics (FIFA HQ overlooks Lake Zurich), Switzerland’s largest city is also a financial juggernaut. The central square of Paradeplatz is its beating heart, where the Swiss banking…

OpenAI first announced the option for people to build custom GPTs nearly a year ago. The company described GPTs as an automated, low-code way to create specialized experiences on top of ChatGPT, and said it believed impressive GPTs would be…